News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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How Water-Smart Agricultural Solutions can Help us Stall Desertification and Thrive in the Face of Future Droughts
16.06.22Join CGIAR in celebrating World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought A recent study published…
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With the right tools, tech and shared services, crop breeding will be key to solving global challenges
10.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Not many organizations can claim to have saved a billion lives. But CGIAR’s crop breeding…
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Safer food for everyone: How CGIAR brings food safety research to markets where the health burden is highest
06.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
There is no food security without food safety. But every day, billions of people eat…
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High-level Consultations Show How CGIAR Will Work With Partners to Boost Impact in Africa
25.05.22Meetings in Abidjan focused on strengthening Africa’s agricultural research and innovation in the …
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How to prevent food from becoming a weapon of war
25.05.22-
Food security
The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the fragile geopolitics that underpin global food systems, threa…
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CGIAR Report Highlights Concrete Actions to Mitigate Food Crisis due to Ukraine Conflict
23.05.22As the world comes to terms with a potential global food crisis triggered by the…
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Upcoming events
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News from the Centers and Programs
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IITA-led Zero Hunger Project partners IFAD-VCDP to empower women processors in Ogun State
24.06.22Through funding from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), IITA has empowered…
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Improving productivity and efficiency along the agricultural value chain in Kano State
24.06.22IITA and partners organized a seed fair from 10 to 18 May at Kano Agricultural and…
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Nigerian Conservation Foundation donates seedlings to reforest burnt IITA Forest section
24.06.22A forest fire, probably from neighboring garbage and weed burning, burned down a section of…
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IITA to collaborate with Arise IIP to create sustainable value chains
24.06.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 14 June, Dr Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria,…
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New research initiative to address challenges facing Ethiopia’s dairy, poultry and small ruminants’ sectors launched
23.06.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Livestock production is an important sub-sector within Ethiopia’s economy in terms of its contribu…
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It is time to invest in the future of Afghanistan’s wheat system
22.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
A wheat field of Bamyan (Photo credit: Nigel Poole, SOAS University of London) The UN…
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